Tutorials & Examples

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MapsDecodePolyline

Hello!

As already told in another thread, i'm working on a navigation app using Google Maps API in combination with Google Directions http-requests for routing.

The http-Requests looks as...
 

targetSdkVersion 28 (Android 9.0)

Starting from August 2019 for new apps and November 2019 for updates, Google Play requires apps to set targetSdkVersion to 28.

The tutorial was updated with information related to API level 28...
 

[Example] Add OCR features to your Android application

This example demonstrates how you can use an OCR web service to recognize text in camera images.

The program allows you to take a picture and then send it to OCRWebService.

OCRWebService...
 
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[B4X][IoT] - Monitor the home temperature with Adafruit IO

Adafruit IO is a cloud service built for IoT solutions. It provides two interfaces: MQTT and REST API. It is very simple to use it with B4X as demonstrated in this example.

It is more than...
 

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[B4X] Input dialogs with XUI Views

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B4XDialog from XUI Views library can show simple dialogs, template based dialogs and custom dialogs.

The example...
 

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[B4X] B4XTable - Adding custom navigation buttons

Depends on B4XTable v1.01+

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It is very simple to add your own navigation features.

Code:
B4X:
Sub btnNext_Click...
 

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Check Trial Period using Dropbox (new with admin tool)

Check Trial Period using Dropbox (first version, improved version in Post #2)

Hello,

I have tried to find a solution to solve the control of the trial period of an app using the...
 

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Simple example B4XDrawer sliding drawer class with materialicons and fontawesome icons

Good afternoon, I contribute to the community with a small example of the class B4XDrawer with material icons and fontawesome icons.

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Thanks to the whole...
 

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Android InApp Purchase Tutorial + Source Code

Hi,

in this tutorial i will show you how to add an in app product to your android app.

There is an official tutorial by @Erel so you should also check that out...
 

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Auto restart an Android Application after a Crash

Trial Period using FTP

Here is a method using FTP to create a trial period for your app. Since there is no local file with trial information, the user cannot defeat it by manipulating stored data. Also, FTP calls are...
 
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[Advanced] Using a custom view written with Kotlin

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Using Kotlin libraries is similar to using Java libraries. The only difference is that we need to add references to two...
 

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Setting custom font for whole application without any library

Hi everyone,

After a week I have finally figured it out how to add a custom font for the whole application without any library or extra code.

Here is the solution:
  1. Create a folder...
 
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JRC2 - Home banking coordinates card (open)

Hello, excited to share my humble code, which can be used as a two-factor authentication or a secondary login. For this take as an example the use of the bank coordinates card, which allows you...
 

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Create PDF with b4a and php

Hallo,

from time to time someone is asking on how to create a pdf with b4a.
I dont know how to do that ONLY with b4a.

Today i spend a few hours to write a b4a-example and a php-script which...
 

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Native Ads Unified with MediaView

* This ads are still not available to all developers.

The code of the example are based in this code from @Erel (Thanks!)...
 

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AdMob Mediation (with InMobi)

AdMob supports ads mediation. This means that the ad can come from different ad networks and not just from Google AdMob network.

It can improve the fill rate and the revenue earned.

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[Tool] Enhance your layouts with the "Layout bounds" developer option

The creation of layouts is very easy with the B4A Designer.

With more complex forms, however, it can happen that the result looks a bit weird. Usually the heights or distances between the...
 

Android Daydream / DreamService tutorial

Android 4.2 includes a new powerful screen saver feature named Daydream.

A "dream" starts when the device is docked or charged and the screen timeouts. By default dreams are non-interactive...
 

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fuel gauge

Thanks to the excellent work of Klaus and Rotating Needle exemple, I needed a gas gauge

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B4X:
#Region  Project Attributes
    #ApplicationLabel: fuel gauge...
 

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